מִרְמָה mirmâh

Meaning

fraud

In the King James Version: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

Derivation: from H7411 (רָמָה) in the sense of deceiving;

Where it is used

• Genesis 27:35 But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
• Genesis 34:13 But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
• 2 Kings 9:23 Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
• Job 15:35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
• Job 31:5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
• Psalms 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
• Psalms 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
• Psalms 17:1 A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Psalms 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Psalms 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Psalms 35:20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
• Psalms 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
• Psalms 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
• Psalms 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
• Psalms 50:19 You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
• Psalms 52:4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
• Psalms 55:11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
• Psalms 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalms 109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
• Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Proverbs 12:5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
• Proverbs 12:17 He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
• Proverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
• Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
• Proverbs 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
• Proverbs 20:23 Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
• Proverbs 26:24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
• Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
• Jeremiah 5:27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
• Jeremiah 9:6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
• Daniel 8:25 Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
• Daniel 11:23 After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.
• Hosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
• Hosea 12:7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
• Amos 8:5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
• Micah 6:11 Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
• Zephaniah 1:9 On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.